1time suitor faces Tanzanian tax claim

FastJet faces a claim in Tanzaniaof GBP 1m for not payingpayrolltaxes, property taxes and airport departure taxes fromJanuary to Novemberlast year.The claim is the latest in an array of other demands and legal cases that the carrier is embroiled in. These include disputes in Kenya and Uganda.

FastJet signed an option agreement in December to take over the defunct 1time Airlines.

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FastJet faces a claim amounting to over £1m from Tanzanian authorities for not paying taxes for close to a year, The Telegraph reported.

The London listed company's Tanzanian arm was found not have paid pay roll and property taxes as well as airport departure charges from January to November last year.

In a tax audit last month the Tanzanian taxman found the company owed 1.9bn Tanzanian shillings and $252 700. With interest and fines, the total sum owed came in at 2.8bn shillings (£1.1m) and $651 300 (£414 200). The sums do not take into account any corporation tax the company may owe.

The UK newspaper reported a spokesperson for the carrier claimed that the matter was a legacy issue inherited from the Fly540 operation, which Fastjet acquired in June last year.

"FastJet works closely with the Tanzanian government to properly address all historic issues relating to tax,” the spokesperson said.

The claim is the latest in an array of other demands and legal cases that the carrier is embroiled in. These include disputes in Kenya and Uganda.

Fastjet enters the SA aviation market

In December, Fastjet signed an option agreement with 1time Airlines parent 1time Holdings to buy all issued share capital in the defunct airline for R1.

The low-cost Africa focused airline promised travellers that they can expect very low airfares when it enters the South African market.

Before it went under, 1time was the second-largest low-cost airline in the country.

WHY REGISTER WITH SAIT?

Section 240A of the Tax Administration Act, 2011 (as amended) requires that all tax practitioners register with a recognized controlling body before 1 July 2013. It is a criminal offense to not register with both a recognized controlling body and SARS.